Trump has threatened to rip up the nuclear deal
with Iran…..
Donald Trump’s election could trigger World
War Three, Iran’s defence minister has warned.
Speaking at a security conference, Hossein
Dehghan said that a war would end up
destroying Israel and the small Gulf Arab states
such as the UAE, including Dubai, and Qatar.

Enemies may want to impose a war on us
based on false calculations and only taking into
consideration their material capabilities…’ news
agency Mehr quoted defence minister Dehghan
as telling a security conference in Tehran.
‘Such a war would mean the destruction of the
Zionist regime (Israel) … and will engulf the
whole region and could lead to a world war.’

The President Elect has threatened to tear up
the nuclear pact struck by Barack Obama aimed
at stopping Iran developing nuclear weapons,
which he called ‘the worst deal ever
negotiated’.
He has threatened to take a harder line on Iran,
going back on the commitments reached in the
previous administration – and it’s causing
unease in Tehran.

‘Considering Trump’s character and that he
measures the cost of everything in dollars, it
does not seem likely that he would take strong
action against our country,’ Dehghan said.
‘Even though a businessman, the assistants
that … (Trump) has chosen may map a different
path for him, and this has led to unease,
particularly among Persian Gulf countries.’
Speculating on the consequences of US military
action against the country, he said: ‘Among
other consequences of the war, would be the
destruction of the city-states on the southern
shore of the Persian Gulf, because they lack
popular support.’
Gulf states such as the UAE, Bahrain and Qatar
are Western allies, on the opposite side of Iran
in Middle East conflicts.

Iran, an arch-enemy of Israel, supports
President Bashar al-Assad in Syria’s civil war
and backs the armed Houthi movement fighting
against a Saudi Arabian coalition in Yemen.
It isn’t only Iran worried about the
consequences if Trump goes back on the deal.
Outgoing CIA director John Brennan warned last
month that Trump’s opposition to the pact was
the ‘height of folly’, and that even if he did want
to change it, it would be very difficult to
persuade countries such as France and
Germany to re-introduce sanctions.